Ongoing Challenges in Conceptualizing and Treating Reactive Attachment Disorder

This response to Mercer’s article explores some additional ways of conceptualizing and treating reactive attachment disorder (RAD). The limitations of the DSM descriptive model are explored and alternate empirically supported models are described. One key limitation is DSM’s one person, medical appr...

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Published in:Child & adolescent social work journal 2019-04, Vol.36 (2), p.97-100
Main Author: Drisko, James W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age differences
Attachment
Attachment disorders
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Child & adolescent psychiatry
Children
Clinical Psychology
Concept formation
Medical diagnosis
Medicine
Mental disorders
Parents & parenting
Personality and Social Psychology
Psychology
Sociology
Treatment methods
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Summary:This response to Mercer’s article explores some additional ways of conceptualizing and treating reactive attachment disorder (RAD). The limitations of the DSM descriptive model are explored and alternate empirically supported models are described. One key limitation is DSM’s one person, medical approach, which fits poorly with issues of attachment that are inherently interpersonal and interactive. Differences by age in the presentation of RAD, and in how it is treated are also addressed. The challenges for parents of children who have RAD are explored, and for clinicians who lack solidly research supported treatments for this disorder.
ISSN:0738-0151
1573-2797
DOI:10.1007/s10560-018-0548-2